Rui En avoids driving ban, pays $700 fine for careless driving

Local TV actress Rui En, 35, was fined $700 yesterday for driving without due care and attention.

Rui En, whose real name is Lu Rui En, was turning right into an open air carpark when she lost control of her black BMW, mounted a kerb and collided with a parked motorcycle belonging to Mr Bahrom Sarmiten, 52.

The accident happened on April 12 at a Clementi Avenue 2 carpark, near Block 331, at about 4.15pm.

Deputy public prosecutor (DPP) Shahla Iqbal had asked for a driving ban of three to four months and a $600 to $800 fine.

However, District Judge Carol Ling disagreed on the ban, saying that some of the past cases cited by the DPP involved drink driving, which was not a factor in Rui En's case.